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They are all bundled tool bars, and open candy is an advertisement plug-in placed in installers by developers, meaning that people can keep applications free. For example, winamp is a free application, it is only free due to opencandy.

You shouldn't experience any ill effects from having these on your system that being said however, I always remove them from mine.

Download CKScanner by askey127 from HERE
Important - Save it to your desktop.
Doubleclick CKScanner.exe and click Search For Files.
After a very short time, when the cursor hourglass disappears, click Save List To File. It will appear that CKS isn't doing anything...it is, so just be patient!
A message box will verify the file saved.
Double-click the CKFiles.txt icon on your desktop and copy/paste the contents in your next reply.

Download AdWareCleaner AdwCleaner Download
or from here Téléchargements - Outils de Xplode - AdwCleaner
to your desktop
1.Right-click on adwcleaner.exe and select Run As Administrator to launch the application.
2.Click on Delete button.
3.Confirm each time with OK.
4.Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart. Please post the content of that logfile in your reply.
Note: You can find the logfile at C:\AdwCleaner[Sn].txt as well - n is the order number.

Next, Uninstall the 'cracked' software.

Download TFC by Old Timer TFC - Temp File Cleaner by OldTimer - Geeks to Go Forums and save it to your desktop.Save any unsaved work. TFC will close ALL open programs including your browser!
Double-click on TFC.exe to run it. If you are using Vista/Windows 7 right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator.
Click the Start button to begin the cleaning process and let it run uninterrupted to completion.Important! If TFC prompts you to reboot, please do so immediately. If not prompted, manually reboot the machine anyway to ensure a complete clean.

After doing the above, Let's flush the DNS cache and restore MS's Hosts file:
Copy and paste these lines in Note pad.

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Faldesc

Trojan called 'Trojan.Generic.2582177' on my systemHi,
I have Window7 Ultimate 64 bit on my system. I use Bitfender as my antivirus software. This morning it informed me that it has found a file infected with a virus called 'Trojan.Generic.2582177' which it cannot clean. I've contacted Bitfender to see if they know what I should do but haven't...

System Security

Trojan.Agent/Gen-FakeAlertWithin the past few days my computer has been freezing which is something that has never happened before. The only solution to the issue was to reboot. Today I decided to do some virus scans. I used avast, then malwarebytes, then superantispyware. Only superantispyware turned up any results. Here's...

Can't delete reg trojan.agent (Malwarebytes)Hello,
I ran a full system scan with malwarebytes and found this:
Registry Keys Detected: 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (Trojan.Agent) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
malwarebytes then prompted me to restart my computer, so I did.
I ran the scan after...

System Security

Trojan.AgentHi Everyone -
Cannot belive this! Just did a MBam quick scan and found a new item. Can anyone identify it?
I removed both items and the computer needed to reboot and now I am unsure how to retrieve the log for your review.
Thanks,
Sally